Charles Thomson

I mean, quite literally fascism on display here

Respected south Essex lawyer faces prison over £14,000 in fraudulent expenses Grays solicitor Umar Kankiya pleaded guilty at Basildon Crown Court to three fraud charges, over 120 fake travel expenses claims at Sternberg Reed…

A ‘respected’ Essex lawyer has been warned to expect a prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to fraud, submitting more than £14,000 in bogus expenses claims on legal aid cases.

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Inside the everyday Facebook networks where far-right ideas grow The Guardian spent a year studying an online community trading in anti-immigration sentiment and misinformation. Experts say such spaces can play a role in radicalisation

Thought this was a great piece to explain to all those journalists on social media concerned about where all the hate and racism on their FB pages is coming from. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Essex teen on community service 'threatened to poison supervisor's coffee' Grays teenager Druie Price was given community service over a Lakeside Debenhams burglary, then threatened his supervisor.

An Essex teen sentenced to community service over his role in a Lakeside burglary has had his sentence extended after saying he wanted to poison his supervisor’s coffee.

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Hi Mark - Did you know your website has been offline for two or three days? Just flagging in case you didn’t.

A lot of those “left behind” people on those marches “left behind” their four bedroom house and “left behind” their £100k Land Rover Defender in the car park. What they haven’t “left behind” is white supremacy

Southend man stabbed brother and girlfriend after he found them in bedroom Marlon Buchnoon-Katsambe stabbed his brother and girlfriend after he found them in a bedroom together.

An Essex railway engineer stabbed both his girlfriend and his brother after coming home early from work and believing he had interrupted them having an affair.

He stabbed his brother in the kidney and lung, and severed his girlfriend’s artery.

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Domestic abuser behind Southend arson spree was free on bail after rape threat Jordan Wood, from Shoeburyness, committed a series of arson attacks whilst free on bail over a threat to kidnap and rape his ex-partner.

A man who caused tens of thousands of pounds’ worth of damage in a Southend arson spree had been freed on bail months earlier, after threatening to kidnap and rape a woman and set fire to her children.

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Serial south Essex abuser knocked girlfriend unconscious during 'savage' attack Nicholas Bright kicked and stamped on his girlfriend's head in a prolonged domestic violence incident in Basildon.

A serial domestic abuser was caught on camera in Basildon as he repeatedly kicked and stamped on his girlfriend’s head - then gloated that by the time he was finished with her, she wouldn’t be able to walk.

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Paedophile Southend ex-soldier claimed little girl 'lured him' and 'wanted it' Duran Guscott, from Shoeburyness, came to England from Jamaica and served in the Coldstream Guards, then sexually abused two girls

A paedophile ex-soldier from Southend has been jailed for 14 years.

Duran Guscott, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Coldstream Guards, photographed himself sexually abusing children on dozens of occasions.

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Jilted drug dealer trashed ex's south Essex flat trying to take back engagement ring Jilted drug-dealer Adwayne Hall has been jailed after smashing his way into his ex-girlfriend’s south Essex flat in an effort to take back his…

A jilted drug dealer smashed his way into his terrified ex’s Essex home with a brick in a drunken attempt to steal back his engagement ring.

He then absconded bail, went on the run and was eventually caught peddling heroin and crack in Bournemouth.

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South Essex man accused of bottling walks free despite bodycam 'confession' Sammy Kiely, from Grays, told police on video that he 'nearly killed' another man in South Ockendon - but walked free

*EXCLUSIVE*

The CPS this week ‘offered no evidence’ against an Essex man over a serious assault, even though a police body worn camera had recorded him admitting he’d just ‘nearly killed’ the victim - TWICE!

It refuses to explain its decision.

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‘I’m not far right but I went to a rally organised by Tommy Robinson’ is a pretty unconvincing position.

There is simply no way of combatting the mass radicalisation without either a total ban on, or very substantial regulation of, social media. The algorithms bombard their victims with content specifically designed to turn them against any other medium that might be used to counter the radicalisation.

Britain’s Biggest Far-Right Protest: More than 100,000 attend Tommy Robinson’s Unite The Kingdom Rally  – HOPE not hate Today saw Britain’s largest ever far-right protest with police estimating 110,000 people in attendance for the “Unite the Kingdom” rally. Organised by Stephen Lennon —...

🚨 Yesterday we saw Britain’s largest ever far-right protest with police estimating 110,000 people in attendance for Tommy Robinson's “Unite the Kingdom” rally.

Read our analysis of the day with all the details of just how extreme it really was.

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Exclusive: Reform’s first London councillor is a “rogue landlord” with a 33-person HMO Mark Shooter has been fined thousands of pounds for illegally renting out crammed bedsits in Camden. One of his former tenants just became Green Party leader.

EXCL: Reform's first councillor in London is a convicted "slum landlord" who rents out a 33-person HMO.

While digging into him I found out one of his former tenants is new Green party leader Zack Polanski.

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'Disrespectful' council worker attends pensioner's inquest with no trousers on A Barking and Dagenham Council employee attended the inquest hearing without any trousers on, the court heard.

'Disrespectful' council worker attends pensioner's inquest with no trousers on

An extraordinary exclusive from @joshbolton.bsky.social 😮

www.barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk/news/2544404...

The failure of the government to denounce these thugs is completely fucking sickening.

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”

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There’s a dormant London Centric Twitter account I set up and barely used, which still has all the default settings including notifications. Anyway this is the second time today it’s pushed a Tommy Robinson tweet at me. Given millions of Brits will have the app, god knows how many are getting this.

'Wicked' south Essex ex-soldier sentenced to 13 years for sexual abuse of children David Crookes, from Canvey, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after ordering the abuse of children in the Philippines over the internet.

A paedophile ex-soldier from Canvey Island, Essex, has been given an extended prison sentence after he had a woman in the Philippines sexually abuse her own daughters for his gratification for years.

He also had the mother perform sex acts with animals.

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'Dangerous' south Essex paedo got bail after skipping court - but failed to come back South Essex paedophile David Crookes got bail after missing two court dates - then failed to show up for his sentencing.

Just getting David Crookes to court proved a months-long ordeal.

He missed two court dates, yet was then granted bail - only to go AWOL again when it came to sentencing.

www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2543144...

'Wicked' south Essex ex-soldier sentenced to 13 years for sexual abuse of children David Crookes, from Canvey, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison after ordering the abuse of children in the Philippines over the internet.

A paedophile ex-soldier from Canvey Island, Essex, has been given an extended prison sentence after he had a woman in the Philippines sexually abuse her own daughters for his gratification for years.

He also had the mother perform sex acts with animals.

www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2543123...

I don’t want to be too shrill about this but I think the BBC, ITV and Sky have disgraced themselves in their coverage of the anti-refugee protests. A massive failure of judgement. But now we know the next time a progressive protest “isn’t news” that it’s nothing to do with numbers

Paedophile arrested in Southend sent sexual messages to 'schoolgirl' on Snapchat Southend man Aakash Raj was sentenced at Basildon Crown Court, which heard he spent days sending sexual messages to what he thought was a schoolgirl.

A Southend man contacted a child on Snapchat, kept asking to see her breasts and offered to be her first kiss.

When she declined to send photos, saying she was at school, he suggested she go to the bathroom.

Unfortunately for him, she was an undercover cop.

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Jeremy Bamber: Cold-blooded killer, or police patsy? Newsquest investigates... On the 40th anniversary of the White House Farm shootings in Essex, Newsquest investigates the safety of Jeremy Bamber's five murder convictions.

Over the coming days, Newsquest will publish a series of in-depth reports on new developments in Essex's notorious White House Farm murders.

But first: How Jeremy Bamber got convicted - and the evidence which has since challenged those convictions.

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Met Police accused of 'misleading' council with 'false' claims about pub The Metropolitan Police has been accused of giving “false and misleading” information to Haringey Council over the North Eight pub in Hornsey.

The Metropolitan Police has been accused of giving 'false, misleading' information to Haringey Council about supposed crimes at a Hornsey pub.

A lawyer said he was considering reporting a police officer for a criminal offence under the Licensing Act.

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Met Police accused of 'misleading' council with 'false' claims about pub The Metropolitan Police has been accused of giving “false and misleading” information to Haringey Council over the North Eight pub in Hornsey.

The Metropolitan Police has been accused of giving 'false, misleading' information to Haringey Council about supposed crimes at a Hornsey pub.

A lawyer said he was considering reporting a police officer for a criminal offence under the Licensing Act.

www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/2532954...

It’s utterly grim that the framing of political stories by political editors is “what does this mean for the prime minister’s authority” instead of “how many disabled people will starve or trans people won’t get the support they need”. It’s like football commentary rather than serving the public.

Reform's wall of silence over 'disgusting' posts linked to Basildon candidate Reform UK has refused to comment on a string of abusive Facebook posts linked to its candidate in this week’s Basildon Council by-election

Reform UK has refused to acknowledge/respond to questions about Facebook posts in which its Basildon by-election candidate seemingly refers to somebody as 'monkeyfied', a 'monkey c***', a 'monkey piece of s***', and says they 'swing from trees'.

www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2531388...